While headlines are flashing red about how exuberant the consumer is, there appears to be some ‘new normal’ oddness under the covers. Projecting this positive news into the future (as every talking-head is) does not add up with the fact that “plans to buy a car” and “plans to buy a major appliance” both tumbled in July. But the biggest problem for the ‘recovery’, “plans to buy a home” collapsed to its lowest since Feb 2013… welcome to the new normal definition of confidence.
Is it any wonder when 77 million Americans have debt past due…!
Chart: Bloomberg
via Zero Hedge http://ift.tt/1qgPP5r Tyler Durden